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Synchronizing two cameras in Lightroom
February 04 2009
Recently, I had some trouble synchronizing images shot from with three different digital cameras when I imported them into Lightroom. As it turned out one of my cameras was not set to the correct time or time zone and this... read moreJanuary 02 2009
First off, it is great to see Inside Lightroom continue with so many fresh and insightful blog posts. Kudos to Brad, Bob, Brandon, Gene, Steve, Mark and Jao for fanning the flames to keep this website going. The Adobe engineers... read moreDigital Photography: Where do we go from here?
October 04 2008
In an effort to keep this blog going I thought I'd submit another excerpt from my newsletters. This article was originally published in the Fall 2007 issue of my newsletter and that issue is available online here. Basically this is... read moreAn excerpt from my latest Newsletter
September 07 2008
I just thought I would post an excerpt from my latest newsletter on the improvements in Lightroom 2.0. You can download the newsletter on my website here. The newsletters are free and back issues are also available on my website... read moreLightroom eBook on Adobe Website
August 31 2008
Adobe has been kind enough to feature my Lightroom workflow eBook Adobe Photoshop Lightroom: A Professional Photographers Workflow on the Adobe website. It is a great honor to be included with other excellent Lightroom books by such well known authors... read moreWeb Sharpening in Lightroom 2.0
August 24 2008
While the Web module in Lightroom 1.4.1 was useful, it lacked any output sharpening which would have made the large preview images a bit snappier. Many folks didn't seem to miss this feature but as a photographer who wants to... read moreAdobe Camera Profiles and Lightroom
August 14 2008
I have talked to several photographers that have asked if there is a way to preserve the look of their images as they appeared on the back of their camera once they are loaded into Lightroom. In the past, this... read moreAugust 11 2008
Yet another great little shortcut trick is switching from one folder to another by right clicking on the Filmstrip. As in the image at right I wanted to move to a folder that I had worked in recently and... read moreLightroom 2: The Digital Asset Management Tool
August 04 2008
For a number of years I have been looking for a complete Digital Asset Management (DAM) tool. A DAM tool is a piece of software that helps download, rename, backup, rate, group, catalog, filter, archive and keep track of all... read moreJuly 27 2008
I know I have covered bits and pieces of my editing process in Lightroom in several different posts. I thought I would sum it up here... I normally get back into the office, download and import the images, add metadata... read moreLightroom, MediaStorm and SoundSlides: The future of Photojournalism
July 21 2008
I recently had the pleasure of talking with Bob Sacha from MediaStorm (www.mediastorm.org) about the state of the photography industry, where it is going and how photographers can differentiate themselves from the pack - the pack which is getting huge... read moreRecovering Highlights, Histograms and your Camera
July 14 2008
In light of Steve Simon's excellent post over on the Inside Aperture blog I thought I would delve into this topic (with a little different twist). In Lightroom, it is a simple task to recover highlight information in any image... read moreJuly 07 2008
With James Duncan Davidson's article about George Jardine leaving Adobe I thought I would publish here that article on Finding Inspiration that was published in my last newsletter, enjoy. Finding Inspiration As published in the Michael Clark Photography Spring 2008... read moreJune 28 2008
One of the confusing topics I get a lot of questions about is metadata - what is really needed and where do I put what? The answer to that question is it depends. It depends on if you are a... read moreWorking Up Film Scans in Lightroom
June 21 2008
One of the great features of Lightroom is that it can work with tiff and jpeg files as well as raw files. Because of this feature, a few years ago I thought I'd try working up film scans I made... read moreRecent Posts | All Posts
